The first
time in 2010 when I discovered Glee I was captivated from that first
episode. I think I watched that episode
9 times in the following two days. The
whole of season 1 was amazing all the way up to the finale with their awesome
Journey set list. Season two introduced
new characters which I quickly fell in love with, interesting a daring
storylines, but it started to go down slightly in season two. Season 3 however I felt like they were losing
me a bit. I didn’t enjoy the songs and
there wasn’t really a great storyline either.
That being said it was more of a case where they had 14 episodes of
which 5 were kind of lost. But as they drew
closer to the mid-season finale, they got their old steam back. And I think the reason is because they got a
decent storyline again. For quite a
while in season 3 I wasn’t sure where they were heading and if they were even
heading somewhere, but as I said, they found a story again and I could see it
is moving forward.
This
episode in particular was a fantastic climax of various storylines and of the
winter finale as well. First I thought
the other reason why I didn’t enjoy some of the previous episodes was because I
didn’t know a lot of the songs. This
episode disproved that, because I didn’t know most of the songs, but they where
earth shattering. And I mean that. For two days the song ‘Cough Syrup’ was stuck
in my head, I bought it immediately on iTunes and I’ve been listening it on
repeat for days and days. The rendition
of it is absolutely hauntingly beautiful.
And the scene that accompanies is truly amazing. I’ve liked the Dave Karofsky character from
that first day he bullied Kurt, not because he was a bully, but because even
there I could see how much deeper his character is, and it is a testimony to Max
Adler who plays the part, because I think Ryan Murphy also so it and that is
why the character developed the way he did.
He was meant to be in this story from the beginning, whether the writers
knew about it or not.
Kurt
Hummel, was a character which I though was stupid on the first episode, but the
Chris Colfer who played him also brought something extra. On the exterior it is this stereotype, but he
quickly breaks all of them. My initial
prejudice might have also originated form my jealousy towards Chris Colfer for
doing something I would have liked to do at an age younger than me, but he
really is exceptional, I he quickly made me get over my hang-ups. I really believe he deserves that Golden
Globe and I think we are going to see amazing acting from him.
I also have
to give props to the writing team, because the way they say things and speak
through the characters, well it’s absolutely amazing. They have a way of saying something that
sounds complex in my head in such a way that it makes all the sense in the
world without having to use to many words.
The
cliffhanger, as predictable as it was, I was still shocked that they would go
there, but also happy they went there.
It shows that they’ve decided to take risks with their characters. Go places that you usually go in real
life. They are taking off the training
wheels and pulling out all the proverbial stops. I’m looking forward to seeing what else they
have to offer and what new fantastic songs they will introduce to me. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.